Index holder



Sept. 28 ,1926. 1,601,234

E. A. BRECKENFELD.

INDEX HGLDER Filed June 30, 1924 jeg.,

1 CAUFQRN'IA INK oo /5 COLOR im ELMER A. BRECKENFELD, OF BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO RAND COMPANY, ING., OF NORTH TONAVANDA, NEV YORK, A. CORPORATION Oli NEW" YORK.

INDEX HOLDER.

Application led .Tune 3 0,

In the sale of inks, paints and the like it is frequently vdesirable to display the different colors in compact and accessible form and in such manner that certain colors may 5 be readily added or Withdrawn or substituted Wit-hout detracting from the general appearance of the display. F or this purpose visible indexes of the type having overlapping cards With their margins exposed would be admirably adapted, the color cards being insert-ed in the pockets formed by the Celluloid sheaths With which such card holders are ordinarily provided, if it Were not for the fact that the Celluloid sheaths, While apparently transparent, filter out certain components of color and change the apparent hue ofthe color cards.

The object of the present invention is to provide holders for cards and the like which have the usual desirable characteristics of visible indexes and Which at thev same time will display colors or other subject-matter Without distortion.

For the purpose of illustration one concrete embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in Which:-

Fig. 1 is a front view of a typical card holder adapted to the aforesaid end; and

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional-view on the line 2 2 of Fig. l.

rlhe particular embodiment of the invention chosen for the purpose of illustration comprises a card C joined to a rail R by means of a fabric strip F and a Celluloid sheath S folded over the lower margin of the card and secured thereto by staples l). The rail B.. projects beyond the sides of the c rd so that the ends may be inserted under the overlapping flanges of a visible index holder, the rails of adjacent cards fitting closely together With the cards attached thereto overlapping each other in the usual manner. The fabric strip S provides a 1924. Serial No. 723,169.

hinged connection between the card' and rail so that the cards may be sivung upwardly to inspect underlying cards Without removing the ails from the holders. The card K, which carries the index material, is preferably mounted by inserting its lower inargin between the sheath S and the bach C and. inserting the upper' corners through slits T in the back C. The sheath S is preferably made of translucent Celluloid having its forward edge folded under as shown at in Fig. 2 to facilitate the insertion of the card K.

According to the present invention the Sheath S is provided with a Winden7 W through which the card K is displayed Without lifting the superpose-d cards. ln the case of color cards the margin of the insei-ted card maybe colored as indicated by the stippling in Fig. l and the body of the card may carry the indicia indicating the number of the particular color and the company producing the ink or paint represented by the card. By virtue of the Window lV the true color of the card may be determined Without lifting the superpcsed cards, thereby avoiding the confusion and inaccuracy which would result in attempting to ascertain the true color. by looking through the translucent Celluloid sheath.

l claim:

A card index holder of the type adapted to be mounted in overlapping relationship with other holders, With the margin thereof exposed, a celluloid sheath over said inargin to provide a pocket, and a card in said holder having a colored margin Within said pocket, said sheath having a Window intermedi at the ends of said card permitting display of the true color of said caro margin therethrough.

Signed by me at San Francisco, California, this nineteenth day of J une, 1924.

E. A. BRECKENFELD. 

